Re: Simple Multi Room Audio help

[Simon Ryley <simon.ryley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stuart,

I did see those in my googling around the subject and they look pretty
good.

My only concern was how to provide power?

I would guess they can't be powered from the lighting circuit so would
need a fused connection unit fitting outside the bathroom spurred from
the nearest wall socket, which I think gets me nicely into the realms of
Part P and needing to get a sparky in?

How are yours wired up?

Thanks,

Simon


groups@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> I have these in each of my bathrooms:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2a76rk <http://tinyurl.com/2a76rk>
>
> They (surprisingly) have very good sound quality. The mai unit is
> hidden in
> the ceiling void with an IR Remote for control. Even my techno-phobe
SWMBO
> can handle it!! :-)
>
> HTH
>
> Stuart
>
> "seniorsimon" <simon.ryley@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:simon.ryley%40orange.net>>
wrote:
>
> > I'm after some advice for a basic multi room audio system for the
> > bathrooms in my house. This is a retro fit into a finished
property.
> >
> > All I need is a single source (FM Radio) into two bathrooms. If
we
> > want other music I can just connect one of the ipods via an FM
> > transmitter and manually switch the radio frequency in the
cupboard.
> >
> > The source will be in a cupboard in the hallway, with either a
single
> > mono or stereo speaker in each bathroom, so no mains voltage in
the
> > bathrooms at all. Speaker wires can be run to the ceilings or
walls
> > of the bathrooms through the ceiling cavity without much
difficulty.
> >
> > I would like to have local on/off and volume control in each
bathroom,
> > via a simple surface mount volume control by the door. Its a
fully
> > tiled bathroom and I want to be easily able to remove this system
in a
> > few years when we move.
> >
> > The source will be on a timeswitch for few hours each day when
the
> > bathrooms are likely to be used.
> >
> > 1) Can anyone recommend a suitable volume control or am I best
just
> > building my own with something like http://tinyurl.com/2fv5wj
> <http://tinyurl.com/2fv5wj>
> >
> > 2) If I fit ceiling speakers does this cause problems with fire
regs?
> > I'm currently thinking that small surface mount cube speakers are
the
> > way to go to keep things simple. Anyone have any they recommend
for a
> > bathroom?
> >
> > 3) What kind of source and or amp do I need? As I want both
> > bathrooms to run simultaneously, I assume I need something with
two
> > sets of speaker outputs? Its going to be in a cupboard and rarely
> > seen, so aesthetics aren't a problem here. Current plan is
something
> > from ebay.
> >
> > 4) Are there any glaring holes in this plan?
> >
> > Thanks for any and all advice.
> >
> > Simon
> >
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